The Dark Mod, a much-anticipated Doom 3 mod heavily inspired by Looking Glass Studios' seminal Thief first-person stealth series, has finally made it to beta over five years after development began. Snag the 1.4GB download from FileShack.

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Only four missions are included as developer Broken Glass Studios--a name hinting at just how "inspired by" Thief the unofficial mod is--views The Dark Mod as a "mapping toolkit" for fans to create their own missions, using its custom editor DarkRadiant.

The Thief series will officially continue with Thief 4 from Eidos Montreal, who is currently exploring further hallowed PC gaming ground with the development of Deus Ex 3.